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Nurse CV: example, template and tips

This example is for nurses at hospitals, clinics, long-term care, care homes and community care, and for nursing graduates.

We show you how to describe wards, procedures, specialisations and courses so the ward manager can see your experience straight away.

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Example CV: nurse

All the details in this example are fictional. Treat it as a model of layout and wording, and replace the content with your own experience.

Agnieszka Wróbel

Nurse, internal medicine ward

Bialystok +48 123 456 789 agnieszka.wrobel@example.com

Professional profile

Nurse with 9 years of experience on an internal medicine ward and in an admissions unit. I care for seriously ill patients, carry out prescribed and independent procedures and keep medical records in the hospital system. I hold a licence to practise and a specialisation in internal medicine nursing.

Work experience

Nurse

10.2018 - present

Regional hospital, internal medicine ward, Bialystok

  • Caring for patients on a 36-bed ward, working shifts.
  • Giving medicines, IV infusions, taking blood, inserting cannulas and catheters.
  • Monitoring patients, assessing pressure ulcer and fall risk.
  • Teaching patients with diabetes about insulin therapy and self-monitoring.
  • Mentoring nursing students on placement.

Nurse

09.2015 – 09.2018

District hospital admissions unit, Lapy

  • Admitting patients, measuring vital signs and taking a nursing history.
  • Recording ECGs and taking samples for tests.
  • Working with the doctor and ambulance crews.

Education

Master's degree, nursing

2010 – 2015

Medical University of Bialystok

Skills

  • Nursing and clinical procedures
  • Cannulation, taking blood, IV infusions
  • ECG
  • Pressure ulcer and fall risk assessment
  • Patient health education
  • Medical records in the hospital system

Licence to practise and qualifications

  • Licence to practise as a nurse
  • Specialisation in internal medicine nursing
  • Specialist course: recording and interpreting an ECG
  • Course: cardiopulmonary resuscitation

Languages

  • English: B1

Additional information

  • Available for shift work

I hereby consent to the processing of my personal data for the purposes necessary to carry out the recruitment process, in accordance with Regulation (EU) 2016/679 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 27 April 2016 (GDPR).

How to write a nurse CV

Professional summary

Give the wards you work or have worked on, for how long, with which patients and which qualifications you have: specialisation, qualifying and specialist courses. Say that you hold a licence to practise.

Nurse with 2 years of experience on a general surgery ward. I care for patients before and after surgery, change dressings and keep records. I hold a licence to practise and am doing a qualifying course in theatre nursing.

Experience: duties and achievements

Describe each workplace through the ward, the type of patients and the main procedures. Add scale: the number of beds, shift pattern, mentoring students, team roles. This shows experience better than a long list of tasks.

Weaker: Caring for patients.

Better: Caring for patients on a 36-bed internal medicine ward, working shifts.

Weaker: Carrying out procedures.

Better: Cannulation, IV infusions, taking blood and catheterisation following hospital procedures.

Weaker: Educating patients.

Better: Teaching patients with diabetes about insulin therapy and blood glucose self-monitoring.

Skills worth listing

A nurse's professional skills come from qualifications and ward experience. List the procedures you carry out on your own and the record systems you know.

Professional skills

  • Nursing and clinical procedures
  • Caring for seriously ill patients
  • Giving medicines and transfusions
  • ECG and monitoring vital signs
  • Dressings and wound care
  • Electronic medical records

Personal skills

  • Resilience to stress
  • Empathy and calm with patients
  • Making decisions quickly
  • Working in the care team
  • Accuracy

Licence to practise, specialisations and courses

Nursing is a regulated profession. On your CV say that you hold a licence to practise, and in a separate section list your specialisation and qualifying and specialist courses by their full names. Do not list courses you have not finished as completed: you can say you are doing them.

Nurse CV after graduation

Describe your placements: wards, types of patients and procedures done under supervision. Add your thesis topic, volunteering and student research society.

Write which ward you want to work on and why. A ward manager is happy to take on someone who knows what they want and is ready to learn.

Tailoring your CV to the job offer

An intensive care unit looks for experience with critically ill patients, a clinic for independence and health education, and a care home for work with older people. Order your experience and courses to match the job ad. For work abroad, prepare a CV in that country's language and check which documents are needed there.

The most common mistakes on a nurse CV

Questions and answers

What should a nurse put on a CV?

Your licence to practise, education, wards and types of patients, procedures you do on your own, specialisation, qualifying and specialist courses, and willingness to work shifts.

Does a nurse CV need the licence number?

No. It is enough to say you hold one. You will show the number and the document when you are hired.

Does this example suit a male nurse's CV?

Yes, the layout and content are the same. Only the form of the job title changes in Polish.

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